The book provides a comprehensive view on the internal life of parties and investigates the
dynamics of intra-party politics in different party environments to explain in which …

Names: Sandri, Giulia, editor.| Seddone, Antonella, editor. Title: New paths for selecting
political elites: investigating the impact of inclusive candidate and party leader selection …

The rules by which parties select their candidates are important, not only because they
determine the policy and leaders of a party. Candidate selection, the identity of those taking …

This article investigates how candidate experience in previous elections, measured by the
number of prior candidacies, affects ballot placement in list PR systems. The central …

In this article, I argue that voters not only rely on characteristics of candidates, such as age
and gender, but also on procedural cues to evaluate candidates, particularly on how …

High corruption perceptions among voters have been shown to have dire consequences for
political participation, trust in institutions and ability to solve collective action problems …

When investigating corruption's effect on female representation, research has argued that
gatekeepers make or break female representation, with women often being perceived as …

In response to declining membership, European parties moved to offering direct
participation of members and/or non-members in leadership and candidate primaries …

Primaries are becoming the preferred mechanism to select parliamentary elites in an
increasing number of parties across Europe. Recent literature has shown that certain party …

Membership ballots have gained increasing popularity for party leadership selection around
the globe. Still, our understanding of why parties use primaries is limited. This is due to two …